Working out with an Old Friend....

I actually felt surprisingly good today. I thought I'd be more beat up after yesterdays endorphin filled workout. The only remnants of that workout was that my right calf is a little tight.

After dinner and my nap I iced the calf for a while, then decided to loosen it up by riding my bike on the wind trainer. Because my regular bike was shipped to Florida for me to ride next week, I pulled my 22 year old "Dave Scott" Centurion bike from retirement in the garage and set it up on the wind trainer.

(Just for interest, the Centurion was the first American designed bike that won the Tour de France. Since I bought it, other than a tune up, I've done nothing with it. Not even a cable change. Good old "build in Japan")

It was really a cool experience riding it again. Once I got on the bike, it felt like I got reunited with an old friend. It felt so natural. Riding it brought back so many memories. I remember paying $800 for that bike which was a lot back then and even more for a 19 year old making just over minimum wage. As I rode tonight, I reminisced about riding all 3 of my Ironmans on that bike. At one point I even felt like I was back at the Ironman. I also remember riding the bike on my wind trainer in our first house, a 600 square foot one bedroom when Alice and I were 19 years old. Riding it was like time travel. It was really a cool experience and after all these years the bike still rides nice.

This year when my very good friend Rich came to Toronto from Winnipeg and we did the Wasaga beach triathlon together, he rode my old bike, reluctantly. Afterwards he then told me how surprised he was that it was such a nice ride.

I've got to take it out for a few rides this summer, just for old times.

I'm sure the bike will enjoy getting out of the garage!